CPT Will Swenson RTD
The Army Times reports that Captain Will Swenson, who earned the Medal of Honor in the Ganjgal Valley in 2009 has returned to duty;
Swenson, who originally left the Army in 2011, is assigned to I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., corps spokesman Col. David Johnson confirmed to Army Times.
Swenson returned to active duty last month, signing in to I Corps on March 14. He is serving as a plans officer at I Corps headquarters.
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Now that he’s back in uniform, Swenson joins Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry and Staff Sgt. Ty Carter as the only Medal of Honor recipients honored for actions in Afghanistan who are still on active duty — and they are all stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
CPT Swenson’s Medal was held up because he was outspoken on the failures of leadership that led to the events of his heroics. I hope he continues to be frank with his bosses because in these lean times we seem to be short of real leaders.
Category: Real Soldiers
The haircut is back!
Awesome.
Will have to follow his career.
Well done, sir! And welcome back.
Welcome back Sir!
Our Nation needs you!
Glad to see him back. Ironically, yesterday we read about MG McMaster pinning medals on some studs (he was the Troop Commander from 2/2 ACR who himself was awarded the Silver Star for the Battle of 73 Eastings). Anyway, my point is that he too was/is a little outspoken and actually was passed over for BG and MG because of this. As we see, he’s making up for lost time as he was just nominated for his 3rd star. Perhaps we’ll read about CPT Swenson in the future as he fights for troops (unlike a certain Marine SgtMaj).
All my respect to CPT Swenson for returning to duty! The Army does and will need leaders like him who will keep their voice.
I am a HUGE fan of CPT Swenson and I, too, hope he will remain vocal.
Welcome back sir. Keep up the good work and stay vocal, bad leadership needs to know that they are not welcome when lives are at stake.
I am a fan of Cpt Swenson but I fear that the day will come when he regrets this decision. An outspoken Cpt can be ignored. An outspoken Cpt with a Medal of Honor cannot.
Maybe if we’re lucky down the road we’ll see an outspoken Army CoS with a Medal of Honor :).
Hooah! 🙂